21世纪英语阅读（第2册）
2008-4
对外经济贸易大学出版社
李兵 主编
268
根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》的要求，英语阅读课的目的“在于培养学生的英语阅读理解能力和提高学生的阅读速度”，通过大量阅读训练“帮助学生扩大词汇量、吸收语言和文化背景知识”。本套英语阅读教材《2l世纪英语阅读》就是按照《大纲》要求，由长期从事英语专业一、二年级英语阅读课的一线教师总结丰富的教学成果和经验编写而成，旨在为广大学生提高丰富、时新的阅读材料，提供广泛的语言和文化素材，拓宽阅读视野，扩大知识面，增强学生的英语语感，培养学生的阅读兴趣，提高学生的阅读能力。
本套教材的特点： 1．题材广泛、内容丰富：教材分上、下两册，上册涵盖新生校园生活、礼仪、体育、英语学习、饮食与健康、应对危机、互联网、友谊和爱情、防止犯罪、环保、科学前沿、英语幽默、广告和畅销书等内容；下册涉及国际热点问题、团队精神、经济与wTO、旅游、杂志、文化冲击、伪科学、心理、婚姻、科幻等内容。这些内容都是与大一新生息息相关、并为他们所喜闻乐见的话题，容易调动学生的兴趣，利于课堂教学的互动。 2．创意新颖、有趣：教材内容都来自国外最新原版杂志、原版书籍和外文网站，并且注意选取视角新颖、独到的文章。每册教材后几个单元的文章取自受广大在校大学生欢迎的最新畅销书，而且每个单元后面都附有小幽默，这些小幽默也能很好地折射西方文化，使学生在获得语言素材的同时感受融人其中的文化因素。 3．注释翔实、全面：每篇课文后都配有相关注释，主要针对文化现象、人名、地名等内容，旨在扩大学生知识面，拓宽阅读视野。 本套英语阅读教材《21世纪英语阅读》就是按照《大纲》要求，由长期从事英语专业一、二年级英语阅读课的一线教师总结丰富的教学成果和经验编写而成，旨在为广大学生提高丰富、时新的阅读材料，提供广泛的语言和文化素材，拓宽阅读视野，扩大知识面，增强学生的英语语感，培养学生的阅读兴趣，提高学生的阅读能力。本书是第二册，涉及国际热点问题、团队精神、经济与WTO、旅游、杂志、文化冲击、伪科学、心理、婚姻、科幻等内容。
Unit One Presidents at War Text A To Make War, Presidents Lie Text B Presidents at WarUnit Two Sleeping and Dreaming Text A Why We Sleep? Text B What Your Dreams Really Mean?Unit Three Money Text A Get Your Money's Worth Text B Saving MoneyUnit Four Traveling and Mountaineering Text A A Glimpse of Beijing Text B Mountain ClimbingUnit Five Journalism Text A A Historical Survey of Journalism Text B BBC World ServiceUnit Six Culture Shock Text A What is Culture Shock Text B Resolving Conflict in a Multicultural EnvironmentUnit Seven Superstition Text A What Is Superstition? Text B After All We Know But LittleUnit Eight Hollywood Text A The Hollywood Sign Text B Hollywood Censored: The Production CodeUnit Nine Psychology Text A Cross-Cultural Psychology in the 21st Century Text B Consumer PsychologyUnit Ten Mysteries Text A Black Holes Text B Crop Circle PhenomenonUnit Eleven Creativity Text A Alex F. Osborne: Father of the Brainstorm Text B Who Says You Can't Wear Red Shoes?Unit Twelve Nature and Nurture Text A What Makes Us Do It? Text B How Are Your Genes?Unit Thirteen Health Text A Learning from China Text B Red Meat Is Strongly Linked To CancerUnit Fourteen Challenge Text A Blind to Failure Text B On Top of the WorldUnit Fifteen My Life Text A Chapter Seventeen Text B Chapter Twenty-EightUnit Sixteen Science and Fiction Text A Science and Fiction Text B The "Birth" of a Monster
Mountain Climbing 1 Mountain climbing， or ascending mountains， is popular worldwide， wherever hillsrise high enough to provide challenge. The activity‘s rewards include the physical exertion itrequires， the satisfaction of overcoming difficulties by working with others， the thrill ofreaching a summit， and the unobstructed view from a mountaintop. Exploration and researchare other reasons that people climb mountains. 2 Ascents can be either nontechnical （a hike up a path or a scramble over rocks， notrequiring the safety of a rope）， or technical （ a climb up more difficult terrain that requiresthe use of rope and other specialized equipment）. This article focuses on technical climbs，which involve all the elements of simple hikes but also require advanced knowledge andequipment. Making technical climbs is also known as mountaineering. 3 Since ancient times， people have viewed mountain peaks as towering objects ofmyth， spiritual inspiration， and romantic beauty. Early peoples made ascents only to huntgame， to rescue lost or strayed animals， or to gain a military advantage over an enemy.Eventually， the unknown and inaccessible ceased to be something to be feared and avoided，and the conquest of the major mountain peaks and ranges of the world began. Mountaineeringas a sport was born on August 8， 1786， with the first ascent of Mont Blanc （4，810 lit/15，782 ft）， one of Europe’s tallest peaks. Since that ascent， mountain climbing has evolvedinto three related sports： alpine climbing， ice climbing， and rock climbing. These sportsrequire the same fundamental techniques.
这本书一点都不好，一点实用性都没有，而且那些单词只要外星人才看得懂，句子过分的长不说，而且最重要你完全看不懂，我给我三个同事看，个个都翻译都不同的，都不知道这本书卖给谁看的？如果说市给高水平人事看，那到底要多高水平的人看啊？我两个同事都英文8级，但是都看不太懂，我们那些不是专业英文出身的人又怎么看啊？气死我啦，以前在大学里看的都不是这样的